From World War to Cold War

Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s

David Reynolds

Explores the roles of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in the Second World War

Offers a fresh and incisive analysis of the origins of the Cold War

By a leading international historian

From World War to Cold War

Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s

David Reynolds

Table of Contents

IntroductionI: World War 1. The Origins of 'The Second World War': Historical Discourse and International Politics2. 1940: Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century?3. Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Wartime Anglo-American AllianceII: Churchill 4. Churchill and the British 'Decision' to Fight on in 1940: Right Policy, Wrong Reasons5. Churchill the Appeaser? Between Hitler, Roosevelt, and Stalin 1940-19446. Churchill and Allied Grand Strategy in Europe 1944-1945III: Roosevelt 7. The President and the King: The Diplomacy of the British Royal Visit of 19398. The President and the British Left: The Appointment of John Winant as US Ambassador in 19419. The Wheelchair President and his Special RelationshipsIV:'Mixed up Together' 10. Whitehall, Washington, and the Promotion of American Studies in Britain 1941-194311. Churchill's Government and the Black GIs 1942-194312. GIs and Tommies: The Army 'Inter-Attachment Programme of 1943-1944V: Cold War 13. Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Stalin Enigma14. Churchill, Stalin, and the 'Iron Curtain'15. The 'Big Three' and the Division of Europe 1945-1948VI: Perspectives 16. Power and Superpower: The Impact of the Second World War on America's International Role17. A Special Relationship? America, Britain, and the International Order since World War Two18. Culture, Discourse, and Policy: Reflections on the New International HistoryIndex